Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre

In the organizer's words:

Graphic designer Tobi and nurse Jan have built a life together in the countryside: Their own little house with a garden complete with fruit trees, homemade jam for breakfast and friendly, welcoming neighbors. The two met at the annual shooting festival after Tobi turned his back on Berlin and the gay scene there to live his dream of an idyllic life in the country. But while Tobi idealizes the village, Jan, who has never left his home, can hardly stand it there.

The play, which is filled with lively catchy tunes, new operetta hits and hearty schmaltz waltzes, titles such as "Champagner von Aldi", "Mein Fetisch ist die Operette" and "Ich steh total auf Jens Riewa", tells a modern, uproariously funny, but always touching story about gay life between love and sex, pride and self-doubt as well as country idyll and big city scene.

The play celebrates the rebirth of the "Berlin operetta", a genre that strained role models and celebrated diversity with relish in the 1920s. One hundred years later, the "operetta for two gay tenors" is the world's first queer operetta to continue this tradition with wit and passion.

Since its premiere at the BKA Theater in October 2021, "Operetta for Two Gay Tenors" by Florian Ludewig (music) and Johannes Kram (lyrics) has been celebrated by audiences and the press alike and has become a perennial favorite. "This is how gay life today can be transformed into a cult stage miracle" writes the Siegessäule, "great fun" the Tagesspiegel and the stage magazine Orpheus also recommends "Go see it - absolutely!".

In 2022, the "operetta for two gay tenors" was awarded the German Musical Theater Prize in the "Best Lyrics" category, after also being nominated in the "Best Book" category.